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[QUOTE="PeteCalvin, post: 791786, member: 439"]
Yes, that part bothers all of us.  I have to believe that if it were Ben Schwartzwalder as coach, you would have seen a more definitive reaction to the request that Singh be benched.  After all, he supported the team's boycott of the awards dinner at the Cotton Bowl in support of their black teammates.

It's easy to look back and judge others when we have zero context of what it was like to live then.  Who knows why the university did what they did?  Could have been money, could have been the quest for a national title and the team not wanting to give the game up.  Who knows?  Maybe the players felt they had no choice?  It was a different time.  The important thing is that Sidat-Singh's legacy is now bigger than all that.  He may not have had the chance to win on the field that day in 1937, but he did ultimately win.  His legacy has endured and transcended the blind hatred of his day.  We may not be proud of how the university handled the situation at that time, but we can be proud of how Wilmeth Sidat-Singh represented the colors of both his alma mater and his country.  To me, the players spoke on the field in 1938...53-0 says it all.
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